Knoxville vs Pleasantville

A side-by-side comparison of Knoxville and Pleasantville: population, income, housing, and more.

Knoxville and Pleasantville are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Knoxville has the higher population (7,493 vs 1,883 in Pleasantville). Knoxville has the higher median household income ($70,136 vs $67,692 in Pleasantville). Pleasantville has the higher median home value ($161,500 vs $147,600 in Knoxville).

Population, income & housing

	Knoxville	Pleasantville
Population	7,493	1,883
Median age	42.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,136	$67,692
Median home value	$147,600	$161,500
Median gross rent	$810	$830
Housing units	3,463	798
Homeownership rate	74.3%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knoxville	Pleasantville
Population	7,192 → 7,493 (+4.2%)	1,859 → 1,883 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$47,844 → $70,136 (+46.6%)	$53,220 → $67,692 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $147,600 (+55.2%)	$151,900 → $161,500 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $810 (+20.5%)	$650 → $830 (+27.7%)

Knoxville

Population

7,1927,493

Median household income

$47,844$70,136

Median home value

$95,100$147,600

Median gross rent

$672$810

Pleasantville

Population

1,8591,883

Median household income

$53,220$67,692

Median home value

$151,900$161,500

Median gross rent

$650$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knoxville	Pleasantville
Under 5	5.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	21.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	4.3%
75 and over	10.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knoxville	Pleasantville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knoxville	Pleasantville
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knoxville	Pleasantville
Drove alone	75.1%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	15.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knoxville	Pleasantville
1-unit, detached	77.4%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Knoxville	Pleasantville
Poverty rate	9.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1965	1971